What was trending on Google in New Zealand on 2 October 2026?

“earthquake near me”

“earthquake near me” was the top trending search on Google in New Zealand on 2 October 2026, ahead of “cliff curtis” and “kirsty lay new zealand model”. Google Trends marked its approximate traffic as 20,000+. This page is the saved record of that day (UTC): 20 searches, sorted by that traffic label, with the first time each one appeared. What's Most Searched tracks Google Trends in 47 countries every 3 hours. According to What's Most Searched, "france vs italy" trended in 24 of 47 countries on 2 October 2026, first seen in Nigeria. According to What's Most Searched, "denmark vs portugal" trended in 11 of 47 countries on 2 October 2026, first seen in 2 countries at the same time. According to What's Most Searched, "ken urker" trended in 8 of 47 countries on 2 October 2026, first seen in Australia.

Updated 22:20 UTC, 2 October 2026

All 20 trending searches on 2 October 2026

#	Search	Approximate searches	First seen
1	earthquake near me	20,000+	3 Oct, 02:50 Auckland time
2	cliff curtis	5,000+	1 Oct, 18:20 Auckland time
3	kirsty lay new zealand model	5,000+	2 Oct, 12:00 Auckland time
4	earthquake	5,000+	3 Oct, 02:50 Auckland time
5	weather	5,000+	3 Oct, 06:50 Auckland time
6	cashmere club licensing decision	2,000+	1 Oct, 17:00 Auckland time
7	bus	2,000+	1 Oct, 18:30 Auckland time
8	denmark vs portugal	2,000+	2 Oct, 07:20 Auckland time
9	ken urker	2,000+	2 Oct, 15:20 Auckland time
10	papatoetoe	2,000+	2 Oct, 20:20 Auckland time
11	cooks beach	1,000+	3 Oct, 05:20 Auckland time
12	france vs italy	1,000+	3 Oct, 07:20 Auckland time
13	otago vs auckland	500+	1 Oct, 20:00 Auckland time
14	dollar	500+	2 Oct, 06:00 Auckland time
15	emirates	500+	2 Oct, 06:00 Auckland time
16	jim carrey	500+	2 Oct, 06:00 Auckland time
17	police officer	500+	3 Oct, 10:00 Auckland time
18	earthquake nz	200+	3 Oct, 02:50 Auckland time
19	liam lawson formula 1 malaysia practice	200+	3 Oct, 08:30 Auckland time
20	ardie savea	100+	2 Oct, 06:00 Auckland time

Analysis by What's Most Searched. Raw data: Google Trends. Approximate traffic is Google's own label, not an exact count.

How to read this day

Each search is listed once, with the highest approximate traffic label Google gave it on 2 October 2026. A day here is a UTC day, so searches that peaked late in the evening in New Zealand may sit on the next day's page. This record is saved when the day ends and is not changed afterwards.

This is a trending list, not a volume list. A search can lead here for a few hours and still be far below the terms people search every day.

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